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Seagulls aim to build on great start

By Tim Channon on Sep 18, 09 12:41 PM

COLWYN BAY hope to build on their best start to a league campaign in the last seven years when they play Garforth Town at Llanelian Road on Saturday (Sept 19th, 3pm kick off).
They go into the match unbeaten in their last seven league games, having kept clean sheets in the last four of them, and are third in the table - just two points behind joint leaders Curzon Ashton and Halifax.
Garforth is the fist of three games in 11 days against teams currently in the bottom four of the Unibond Division One North table, providing a great opportunity to extend that unbeaten run, but manager Neil Young knows his team need to guard against any complacency.
"Curzon and Halifax are not going to drop many points and we need to hang on to their coat tails," he said.
"We gave the players a day off from training on Thursday after a hectic schedule of games in the opening weeks of the season, and hopefully they will report back refreshed and ready to go again."
Garforth will have been boosted by gaining their first league win of the season in midweek with a 4-2 success at home to Radcliffe Borough, despite having a player sent off, and Neil Young is expecting a tough game.
"They are a strong side and don't concede that many goals so we must not fall into the trap of taking them lightly because of their league position," he warned.
"We've had our best start in the league for quite a number of years so I hope the fans will turn up in numbers and really get behind the lads."
The Seagulls are again without Carl Clampitt, who has been told to have two weeks rest to try and cure a persistent abdominal injury, and Jamie Dunn will face a late fitness test on a knee injury.
Clampitt played at Skelmersdale last week and says: "I felt fine during the game, but woke up on Sunday morning in pain again. The doctor says the only cure is to rest for a couple of weeks which is very frustrating."
Jimmy Kelly, however, is available again after a calf injury and Tom McGill is also back in the squad after missing the midweek win over Leigh Genesis due to work commitments.
Colwyn Bay (from): Sanna, Aspinall, Corrigan, Brandreth, Challinor, Sheehan, Sheridan, Graves, Hopley, Hay, Jebb, Hurdman, Jarrett, Davey, Kelly, Dunn, Denson.

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Tim Channon - Tim Channon is a former Sports Editor of the North Wales Weekly News and has covered Colwyn Bay FC for many years. Now retired, he still reports on the club he has come to love.

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